An accord is a geometry. Musk is rose, jasmine, sandalwood, oud, vetiver, musk or amber stacked on purpose.
Naturals and molecules share the same pyramid; IFRA draws some of the lines.
Accords
- Laundry white — Galaxolide + aldehyde + linen.
- Ravageur animal — Musk + cinnamon + vanilla.
- Narciso floral-musk — Orange blossom + rose + clean musk.
- Oil musk — Kiehl’s-type, low alcohol.
- Salt skin — Ambrox + muscone.
Materials
- Galaxolide (HHCB) — The laundry musk.
- Muscone / helvetolide — More “natural deer” or pear-musk.
- Ambrettolide — Fruity macrocyclic from ambrette ideas.
- Ethylene brassylate — Sweet musk workhorse.
- Ambrette seed — Abelmoschus; a true plant musk.
- Nitro musks (historic) — Mostly gone from fine fragrance.
Smell the materials before you trust a note list on a box of Musk.
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